The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965: Introduction

The Civil Rights Movement was at a peak from 1955-1965. Congress passed
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
guaranteeing basic civil rights for all Americans, regardless of race,
after nearly a decade of nonviolent protests and marches, ranging from the
1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott to the student-led sit-ins of the 1960s to
the huge March on Washington in 1963.